Shipping and display box for food products.



J. J. LYNCH.

SHIPPING AND DISPLAY BOX PoR PooD PRoDUoTs. APPLICATION lFILED DEG. 13,N09.

971,060. l Patented sept. 27, 1910.

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lUllTtE TTS rrr TOHN J. LYNCH, OF ST. LOUIS7 MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR ToLOOSE-WILRS RISOUI'I OOM- PANY, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION orMISSOURI.

SHIPPING AND DISPLAY BOX FOR FOOD PRODUCTS.

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Application filed December 13, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l, JOHN J. Li'Ncu, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Shipping and Display Boxes for Food Products, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as willenable others Skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to boxes or receptacles such as are used bymanufacturers of crackers, wafers, fancy cakes, and similar articles forshipping their products to retail merchants.

The main object of my invention is to provide a receptacle or box of thecharacter described which can be used by a retail merchant fordisplaying` food products in a convenient manner.

Another object is to provide a shipping box or receptacle having amovable standard or leg which can be used for holding the box in aninclined position, thereby enabling a retail merchant to display hisgoods in the same box in which they are shipped from the manufacturer.And still anotherI object of my invention is to provide a shipping boxof the character above described that is equipped with a plurality ofstandards of different length, means for locking Said standards in aninoperative position, and means for preventing said standards fromcontacting with the support on which the box rests when said standardsare folded or arranged in an inoperative position.

Figure l is a perspective View of a box or receptacle constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. Q is a vertical sectional view ofsaid box; and Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of said box with one ofthe standards or legs arranged in operative position.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate the preferred form of myinvention, A designates a box that is adapted to be used by amanufacturer of crackers, wafers, and similar food products, forshipping such articles to retail merchants. The box is preferably madeof tin or some othei` suitablel sheet metal and is provided at its lowerend with a flange l that extends downwardly below the bottom 2 of thebox. The lid or cover 3 of the box is preferably of the tele- Serial No.532,805.

scope type, and a piece of glass or other suitable transparent material4t is set into said cover so as to enable the contents of the box to beseen.

A standard 5 is hinged or pivotally connected to the bottom of the boxfor maintaining the box in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 3, andthus displaying the contents thereof better than if the box was arrangedin a level or perfectly horizontal position. Then the standard 5 is notin use it is folded inwardly against the bottom of the box, and as theflange l projects downwardly some distance below the bottom Of t-he boxthe standard does not contact with the support on which the box rests,the standard being locked in an inoperative position by means of abutton or catch 6 that is pivotally connected to the bottom of the box,as shown in Fig. l. The box is preferably provided with a shorterstandard 5 than can be used when it is desired to` arrange the box at adifferent angle, and when one of said standards is in use the otherstandard is held locked against the bottom of the box by means of thecatch 6. Both standards are approximately U-shaped and they areconnected to the bottom of the box in such a manner that the cross-pieceof one standard laps over the lower end of the other standard when bothstandardsl are folded inwardly, thereby enabling both standards to belocked in an inoperative position by means of a single button orfastening device.

A box of the construction above described enables a retail merchant todisplay his goods in a convenient manner in the same box they areshipped in by the manufacturer. The box can be arranged at a pluralityof different angles by usingl one or the other of the standards, andwhen one standard is in use the other is locked in an inoperativeposition by the fastening device G. The flange l on the bottom of thebox prevents the standards from contacting with the support on which thebox rests when the standards are folded so that a plurality of boxes canbe piled evenly one upon the other, and as the standards are made ofwire or light-weight metal rods the entire box can be made at only atrifle higher cost than the boxes which have heretofore been in generaluseA AWhile l have herein shown a box pro- CII vided with a telescopedlid or cover, I do not wish it to be understood that my invention islimited to such a construction for, if de sired, the box can be providedwith a hinged lid.

Having` thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device for the purpose described, consisting` of a sheet metal boxprovided with a flange that projects downwardly below the bottom ofl thebox, a plurality of standards pivotally connected to the bottom of thebox and adapted to be folded against the bottom of the box inside ofsaid fiange one of said standards being,r so formed that it laps overthe other standard when in its folded position, and a single fasteningdevice on the bottom of the box that engages the top standard and thuslocks both standards in an inoperative position.

2. A device for the purpose described,

consisting of a rectangularshaped sheet metal box provided at its vlowerend with a flange that projects downwardly below the bottom of the box,a plurality of U-shaped standards of different length pivotallyconnected to the bottom of the box and adapted to be folded against thebottom of the box inside of said flange, the cross-piece of' one of saidstandards lapping over the lower end of the other standard when they arefolded, and a device on the bottom of the box that is adapted to engagethe cross-piece of one of said standards and thus lock both standards inan inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses, this sixth day of December 1909.

JOHN J. LYNCH.

lVitnesses lVELLs L. CHURCH, Gnome BAKEWELL.

